it's not going anywhere :)
(actually, come work on it: https://www.dropbox.com/jobs :))
(actually, come work on it: https://www.dropbox.com/jobs :))
Every time someone here responds when their name is mentioned, I think of this scene from "Annie Hall":
Alvy Singer: [the man behind him in line is talking loudly] What I wouldn't give for a large sock with horse manure in it!
Alvy Singer: [to audience] Whaddya do when you get stuck in a movie line with a guy like this behind you?
Man in Theatre Line: Wait a minute, why can't I give my opinion? It's a free country!
Alvy Singer: He can give it... do you have to give it so loud? I mean, aren't you ashamed to pontificate like that? And the funny part of it is, Marshall McLuhan, you don't know anything about Marshall McLuhan!
Man in Theatre Line: Oh, really? Well, it just so happens I teach a class at Columbia called "TV, Media and Culture." So I think my insights into Mr. McLuhan, well, have a great deal of validity!
Alvy Singer: Oh, do ya? Well, that's funny, because I happen to have Mr. McLuhan right here, so, so, yeah, just let me...
[pulls McLuhan out from behind a nearby poster]
Alvy Singer: come over here for a second... tell him!
Marshall McLuhan: I heard what you were saying! You know nothing of my work! You mean my whole fallacy is wrong. How you got to teach a course in anything is totally amazing!
Alvy Singer: Boy, if life were only like this!
(Sometimes it is here at Hacker News.)
By the way, I'm Woody Allen.
Hmm, I don't think that feature works like that. Try watch?v=OpIYz8tfGjY#t=1m44s
Without a more clear rationale for why things won't change, it's pretty reasonable to assume that the product is at risk no matter what you say. The fact is, almost regardless of your intentions, your organization is going to put its thumbprint on the product.
What that means is unclear to external customers, and is also often unclear internally. If you do know what your plans are for it internally, you're still probably not going to say (though I'd love to be wrong).
It's not actually the case that every single acquisition in the world involves public platitudes about the continuance of management, the product, culture, office location, or lunch room perks.
Just a literally a metric ton of them.
P.S. Use "practically" instead.
- hey look, Drew Houston disguised as Woody Allen
- what? Really? Or figuratively ?
- Both, but I will literally explode if another negative comment gets upvoted
... [Hamlet music plays as man lights cigar (UK only)]
Ahhhhh,HN.
I'm open to your Mailbox acquisition being the exception to this trend, but I hope you understand my healthy skepticism.
I don't know the American standard, but I'd be surprised if it isn't similar.
Source: http://www.insee.fr/fr/methodes/default.asp?page=definitions...
I just hope the boss will understand working on my start-up in my off time is important :)